Authorities identify man found last week in Clear Lake

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Officials have identified a man whose body was found floating last week in Clear Lake.


Anthony Romero Diaz Jr., 58, of Clearlake was identified as the fatality, according to Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.


Bauman said an autopsy was conducted, and Diaz's preliminary cause of death was listed as drowning.


An official cause of death is pending as toxicology testing and necropsy reports have not been finalized, Bauman said.


Clearlake Police responded to the 14100 block of Lakeshore Drive on Wednesday, Nov. 2, on the report of a body floating offshore, as Lake County News has reported.


Diaz was found floating facedown. He was not clothed, but police reported finding his clothes and personal items on shore nearby.


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